'Lincoln' Leads Oscar Nominees With 12 Nods at 2013 Academy Awards

Other multiple nominees are 'Life of Pi' with 11 nods, 'Les Miserables' and 'Silver Linings Playbook' with 8, 'Argo' with 7, and 'Amour', 'Django Unchained', 'Skyfall' and 'Zero Dark Thirty' with 5.

Nominees for the upcoming 85th annual Academy Awards have been announced early Thursday morning, January 10 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Oscars host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone. "Lincoln" leads the list with a total of 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Adapted Screen and Best Costume Design.

The movie about the 16th President of the United States joins the battle of Best Adapted Screenplay along with "Silver Linings "Argo", "Life of Pi" and "Beasts of the Southern Wild". It, meanwhile, goes head-tohead with "Anna Karenina", "Les Miserables", "Mirror Mirror" and "Snow White and the Huntsman" in Best Costume Design.

Other multiple nominees are "Life of Pi" with 11 nods, "Les Miserables" and "Silver Linings Playbook" with 8, "Argo" with 7, "Amour", "Django Unchained", "Skyfall" and "Zero Dark Thirty" with 5, "Anna Karenina" and "Beasts of the Southern Wild" with 4, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and "The Master" with 3, and "Flight" and "Snow White and the Huntsman" with 2 each.

The winners will be announced at the ceremony on February 24 at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. The show will pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film series. This year marks the first time the host announces the nominations for the Academy Awards since host Charlton Heston did that in 1972.

Selected nominees in the major categories are in the following list. The complete list can be obtained on official Oscar website.